Fragments of Iceland Essay by Gillian Marsden

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Since 2014, three significant collections within Molin’s body of work are those drawn from separate artist-in-residency programs on remote islands. Fragments of Iceland is a continuation of Molin’s practice of seeking out psychological and geographical remoteness that facilitates a practice of knowing the landscape she temporarily inhabits.

Such artist-in-residencies are an excellent means of creating self-imposed perimeters. The artist works, not unlike any trapped or fenced animal, at testing, prodding the boundaries, getting the feel of their confined space, and seeking out the weakness or strength of their containment. In turn, this environmental constraint appears to facilitate a mental constraint akin to a meditation, a sharpening of the focus; the telescopic lens is tuned to its finest edge. This particular practice of knowledge-gathering takes place and is seen, quite literally, in Molin’s work: the slimmest fragments of earth are brought to the fore. The act of wearing, is an act of magnification.

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Scale often works as a metaphor in Molin’s work.  Molin writes a brief note; ‘the topographical overview . . .  (privilege of air travel), is captured in tear-drop moments, the textures become the edges of the island …’.  The fragment, be it lichen, wood, animal remains or stone, becomes an expression of the whole. By its magnification, it becomes a capture of significantly large sections of geography; two tides colliding, glacial rifts. 

This capturing of the micro textures of landscape is not unlike the work of makers of portable memories, the miniaturist. In a weird paradox, by drawing these tiny textures into focus, they replicate the very landscape that they are taken from. For some, they are porters of emotional geo-connections.

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Given this, these weighty, tiny objects are at risk of unwieldiness but Molin is finely skilled at finding the balance between the fragment and the holding, containing, supporting structures. Also, the reliefs appear fluid. They are allowed to slide about and break through the containment lines of pin or tiny plumbing articles. In other work, the rings and brooches, the ‘human-made’ lines are less visible. The work of time and weather and erosion dominate the form or shape or how the body becomes carriage of the object. But always, the act of wearing amplifies the micro-textures and the idea that an echo of the ancient is often found in worn objects that adorn with pieces of the Earth’s patterned skin: pause on the thought of a human wearing the imprint of a barnacle that was once embedded on the skin of a whale: layers of skin upon skin upon skin.

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Julemarked i Hermetikken Øst

I will be at the Christmas Markets at Hermetikken this December!!
> See the event on Facebook.

Første helgen i desember ringer vi julen inn i Hermetikken Øst! Ta med familie, venner og kjente til årets julemarked i østre bydel. Her kan du komme i julestemning, unne deg noe godt, samt sikre deg flotte og unike julegaver fra dyktige lokale aktører.

Blant årets utstillere har vi Stilken & Strøm med åpen blomsterbutikk og salg av floralplakater i samarbeid med Fotograf MinnaMidsummer Hot Saucestiller som vanlig sterkt med sine sauser. Odd Standard har åpen fabrikk i 1. etasje med utsalg av dekketøy. Fantastiske FRØYA Stavanger stiller med nystekte lapper og godt humør. Og arkitektene fra metamorf arkitekter og Schjelderup Arkitektur har egen stand hvor de tilbyr faglige råd og kake.

I tillegg kan man sikre seg flotte kvalitetsprodukter i tre fra Sørheimen. Nydelige bilder i akryl og blekk på akvarellpapir av Charlila. Unike platespillere av produktdesinger og vinylentusiast Bjerre Design. Lekre smykker fra Marisa Molin :: Contemporary Jeweller / Artist. Fine luer, skjerf og buffer fra Trikash sin bærbare strikkemaskin. Deilig marmelade fra Litlestøl. Prisvinnende sjokolade fra Xoco by Corina. Og ikke minst blir det mulig å kjøpe utsøkt kaffe fra Austrått Kaffebrenneri

NB! I år innreder vi drivhuset på Svanketorget til lekestue for barna med tegnesaker og lesebøker.

Velkommen!

Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the toolbox

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I am excited to have one of my Fragments of King works featured in this publication 'Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the toolbox' by Mark Fenn. 
Release Date 28th October 2017. 
www.narrative-jewellery.com for more info and to pre-order your very own copy. 
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Featuring 450 full-color photos and 241 of the world’s foremost narrative jewelry makers, this book showcases the best of what today's makers, ranging from newly graduated students to the luminaries of the jewelry world, have to offer us: jewelry that's designed to evoke a range of thoughts and feelings. 

Do you have a piece of jewelry that offers a story? 

What story does the jewelry we own or desire tell?

Why are you attracted to some pieces, but repelled by others? 

The answers unfold in this contemporary compendium, also featuring a foreword by jewelry professor and expert Jack Cunningham, PhD, and text by artists Jo Pond and Dauvit Alexander (The Justified Sinner). 

The makers and images selected for this book are a broad representation of the genre of narrative jewelry, and offer a fascinating look for anyone who wears, collects, or has an interest in jewelry or design.

ISBN: 978-0-7643-5414-4

Size: 9" x 12" - 

Illustrations: 450 colour images

Pages: 304

Binding: Hard Cover

Guide Price $60.00 - £46.37